Across Central Visayas, a campaign meant to shield the region's youngest children from measles and rubella has closed with only a fraction of its promise fulfilled — just over one in five eligible children vaccinated against a target of nineteen in twenty. The shortfall, shaped by hesitancy and misinformation rather than scarcity, leaves nearly half a million children exposed to diseases that travel invisibly through the air and can end young lives. Health authorities are extending their reach through September 4, but the narrowing window reminds us that public trust, once eroded, is harder to
Nearly 500K children in Central Visayas miss measles-rubella vaccine
Nearly half a million children remain vulnerable to measles and rubella, highly contagious diseases that can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.